Estimation of regional lung function in interstitial pulmonary disease using 99mTc-Technegas and 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin single-photon emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1623-1629

  Sasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Imai, Teruhiko ^a   Shinkai, Takayuki ^a   Ohishi, Hajime ^a   Otsuji, Hideaki ^a   Uchida, Hideo ^a   Tokuyama, Takeshi ^a   Hamada, Kaoru ^a   Narita, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial pulmonary disease; Single photon emission tomography; Technetium 99m macroaggregated albumin; Technetium 99m Technegas; Three dimensional quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNEGAS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SITTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0032447104     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050340     Document Type: Article

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